Gen. 2:2

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Gen 1:31; Exod 20:11; Exod 23:12; Exod 31:17; Deut 5:14; Isa 58:13; John 5:17; Heb 4:4

seventh day God.The LXX., Syriac, and the Samaritan Text read the sixth day, which is probably the true reading; as [vav ,] which stands for six, might easily be changed into [zayin,] which denotes seven.

rested.Or, rather, ceased, as the Hebrew word is not opposed to weariness, but to action; as the Divine Being can neither know fatigue, nor stand in need of rest.